Amor Fati

A series of oil paintings exploring acceptance as a form of presence. Through minimal gestures and restrained surfaces, the works examine the tension between resistance and surrender — and the quiet dignity of what remains.

Amor fati — the love of one’s fate — is approached here not as a declaration, but as a practice. A practice of painting. A practice of pausing. A practice of withholding reaction long enough for awareness to emerge.
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The series reflects on acceptance as an active state. Not resignation, not defeat, but a conscious willingness to remain present with what unfolds. Acceptance here is not passive surrender; it is a disciplined form of attention.
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By isolating small, often overlooked fragments of everyday environments and enlarging them beyond recognition, the paintings disrupt habitual perception. Details expand into fields. Objects lose their function and become surfaces for contemplation.
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This shift in scale invites a reconsideration of perspective: from the individual positioned at the center of experience to the individual understood as part of a larger, unfolding continuum. The human figure — and the human condition — becomes one element within a vast and ongoing movement.
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To practice amor fati is to cultivate an inner space of silence. In that space, resilience takes root — not through control, but through clarity. The paintings hold that space open.